Roasted Sweet Potato Couscous Salad (Easy, Healthy, Vegan Recipe)
Today’s brand new recipe is a super hearty, flavourful and healthy couscous salad, packed with delicious roasted onions and sweet potato. Dotted with protein-packed chickpeas and beautiful pomegranate seeds, topped with cream hummus and wrapped up in fragrant spices like ras-el-hanout. This recipe is a real winner! 😍
For the sweet potatoes:4 medium sweet potatoes
400g tin chickpeas
1 red onion
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp ras el hanout
½ tsp chilli flakes
Salt and pepper to taste
For the couscous:
350ml low sodium vegetable stock
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp ras el hanout
Salt and pepper to taste
300g couscous
50g raisins
1 lemon
Salad:
100g cavolo nero
80g pomegranate seeds
15g parsley
To Serve:
200g Hummus
Prepare the sweet potato | Cut the sweet potato into 1 inch cubes | Drain, rinse and pat dry the chickpeas | Peel the red onion and cut into 8 wedges | Put the olive oil, ras el hanout, salt and pepper in the mixing bowl and stir to make a marinade | Add the sweet potato, chickpeas and red onion to the bowl and stir to coat | Tip the contents of the bowl evenly onto the baking tray, put the tray in the oven and roast for 25-30 minutes until the potatoes are tenderPrepare the couscous | Mix the stock, olive oil, ras el hanout, chilli flakes and a little salt and pepper in a jug | Add the couscous and raisins to a mixing bowl and toss to combine | Pour the stock into the bowl, stir once to mix, cover the bowl and set to one side for at least 10 minutes
Prepare the cavolo nero | Rip the spines from the cavolo nero leaves and discard | Shred the cavolo nero | Place the cavolo nero in a colander, put the colander in the sink and pour boiling water from the kettle over the cavolo nero | Shake to get rid of any excess water
Build the salad | Cut the lemon in half | Pick the parsley leaves and finely slice (set half to one side for garnish) | Fluff the couscous with a fork | Squeeze half the lemon juice over the couscous, sprinkle over the parsley and toss to combine | Remove the roasting tin from the oven, transfer the contents of the bowl to the tin, add the cavolo nero and toss to combine | Sprinkle over the pomegranate seeds, remaining parsley and lemon juice
Time to serve | Spoon the Sweet Potato Couscous Salad into serving bowls | Garnish with any remaining parsley and pomegranate seeds | Dress the salad with dollops of hummus and serve immediately
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